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APPENDIX E: ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER INCOME MODULES

This appendix contains a tailored version of the Basic income module for use in surveys of non-community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as well as a separate income module for use in community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.


NON-COMMUNITY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATIONS

The standard module for non-community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations is essentially the basic income module with some modifications made for specific entitlements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (i.e. ABSTUDY, Question 6) and other significant sources of income for some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations (i.e. cultural activities, including Art Centre distribution, native title payments or royalties from land, distributions from community business organisations or trusts, Question 15).

Question wording	To population
Q01 I would now like to ask you some questions about income. Information on income provides an indication of living standards in different areas of Australia and for different population groups. This information can be used to help determine the types of services that are needed and who needs them. [Do you/does (proxy name)] receive income from wages or salaries [including from [your/his/her] own incorporated business].
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q02 5. → Q05
Q02 Before income tax, salary sacrifice or anything else is taken out, how much [do you/does (proxy name)] receive from wages or salaries? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent is unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q03
Q03 What period does that cover?
1. Week 2. Fortnight 3. Four weeks 4. Calendar month 5. Quarter 6. Year 7. Other - please specify	1-6. → Q05 7. → Q04
Q04 Interviewer: Insert 'other' period.
(Allow text entry )	→ Q05
Q05 [Do you/does (proxy name)] receive a government pension, allowance or benefit, for example paid by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans' Affairs?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q06 5. → Q19
Q06 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive any of these pensions, allowances or benefits? Interviewer: Show Prompt Card Only one response is allowed.
1. Australian Age Pension 2. Service Pension from the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Exclude Defence Force superannuation benefits. 3. Disability Support Pension from Centrelink 4. Newstart Allowance 5. Paid Parental Leave 6. Carer Payment 7. Partner Allowance 8. Widow Allowance from Centrelink 9. Wife Pension 10. Sickness Allowance 11. Special benefit 12. ABSTUDY 13. No / None of these	1-12. →Q07 13. →Q10
Q07 How much [do you/does (proxy name)] receive from [name of pension, benefit, allowance]? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent is unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q08
Q08 What period does that cover?
1. Week 2. Fortnight 3. Four weeks 4. Calendar month 5. Quarter 6. Year 7. Other - please specify	1-6. → Q10 7. → Q09
Q09 Interviewer: Insert 'other' period.
(Allow text entry)	→ Q10
Q10 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive any of these pensions, allowances or benefits? Interviewer: Show Prompt Card Multiple responses allowed
1. Family Tax Benefit as a regular payment from Centrelink 2. Parenting Payment 3. Youth Allowance 4. Carer Allowance 5. War Widow's or Widower's Pension from the Department of Veterans' Affairs, including Income Support Supplement 6. Disability Pension from the Department of Veterans' Affairs 7. Overseas government pension 8. Any other government payment 9. No/none of these	1-7. → Q12 8. → Q11 9. → Q19
Q11 Interviewer: Enter name of other government payment
(Allow text entry)	→ Q12
Q12 How much [in total] [do you/does (proxy name)] receive from [list pensions, allowances or benefits identified as being received in Q10]? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent is unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q13
Q13 What period does that cover?
1. Week 2. Fortnight 3. Four weeks 4. Calendar month 5. Quarter 6. Year 7. Other - please specify	1-6. →Q15 7. → Q14
Q14 Interviewer: Enter 'other' period
(Allow text entry)	→ Q15
Q15 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive income from any of the following sources: Interviewer: Show Prompt Card . If 'yes', prompt for which ones. Multiple responses allowed.
1. Child support or maintenance 2. Superannuation, an annuity or private pension 3. Workers' compensation 4. Cultural activities, including Art Centre distributions 5. Native title payments or royalties from land 6. Distributions from community business organisations or trusts 7. None of the above	1-6. → Q16 7. → Q19
Q16 How much [do you/does (proxy name)] receive from [source]? Interviewer: enter dollar amount. If respondent is unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	Q16 to Q18 are asked of each income reported in Q15 then Q19
Q17 What period does that cover?
1. Week 2. Fortnight 3. Four weeks 4. Calendar month 5. Quarter 6. Year 7. Other - please specify	1-6. → Q19 7. → Q18
Q18 Interviewer: Insert 'other' period
(Allow text entry)	→ Q19
Q19 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently have any rental investment property?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q20 5. → Q23
Q20 [Do you/does (proxy name)] expect to make a profit or loss from [your/his/her] rental investment property this financial year? Coding instructions: If response is '3. Neither', then record income as zero.
1. Profit 2. Loss 3. Neither	1. → Q21 2. → Q22 3. → Q23
Q21 Before income tax is taken out, but after investment expenses have been deducted, how much profit [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to make from [your/his/her] share in rental investment property this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year profit as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q23
Q22 After investment expenses have been deducted, how much [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to lose from [your/his/her] share in rental investment property this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year loss as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q23
Q23 [Apart from [your/his/her] rental investment property], [do you/does (proxy name)] currently have any unincorporated businesses whether owned outright by [you/him/her] or through [your/his/her] share in a partnership?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q24 5. → Q27
Q24 [Do you/does (proxy name)] expect to make a profit or loss this financial year? Coding instructions: If response is '3. Neither', then record income as zero.
1. Profit 2. Loss 3. Neither	1. → Q25 2. → Q26 3. → Q27
Q25 Before income tax is taken out, but after business expenses have been deducted, how much profit [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to make from [your/his/her] share in unincorporated businesses this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year profit as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q27
Q26 After business expenses have been deducted, how much [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to lose from [your/his/her] share in unincorporated businesses this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year profit as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→Q28
Q27 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive income from dividends from shares?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q28 5. → Q28A
Q28 How much [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to receive from dividends from shares this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If 'nil' enter zero. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year income as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<0-999999997>	→Q28A
Q28A - Sequence guide
1. If there have been no missing responses to income amounts other than dividends 2. Else	1. → Q29 2. → Q31
Q29 Would the amount [you/proxy name] expect[s] to receive from dividends from shares (this financial year) be less than $200?
1. Yes 5. No	→ Q31
Q30 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive income from interest?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q32 5. → Q35
Q31 How much [do you/does (proxy name)] expect to receive from interest this financial year? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If 'nil' enter zero. If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate or ask for previous financial year income as a proxy. (Allow numeric entry)
<0-999999997>	→ Q33
Q31A - Sequence guide
1. If there have been no missing responses to income amounts other than interest 2. Else	1. → Q32 2. → Q33
Q32 Would the amount [you/proxy name] expect[s] to receive from interest (this financial year) be less than $200?
1. Yes 5. No	→ Q33
Q33 [Do you/does (proxy name)] currently receive income from any other source?
1. Yes 5. No	1. → Q34 5. → Q38
Q34 What are these sources?
(Allow text entry)	→ Q35
Q35 How much [do you/does (proxy name)] receive from (this source/these sources)? Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. (Allow numeric entry)
<1-999999997>	→ Q36
Q36 What period does that cover?
1. Week 2. Fortnight 3. Four weeks 4. Calendar month 5. Quarter 6. Year 7. Other - please specify	1-6. → END or Q38 7. → Q38
Q37 Interviewer: Insert 'other' period
(Allow text entry)	→ END or Q38
Q38 (Optional) <Note: Main source of income can be derived if complete data are available for each source of income. For those reporting just one source, that is their main source. Where complete data are not reported for each source, for instance where the respondent did not know the amount, it is suggested that respondents be sequenced to this question> You have told me that [you/proxy name] [receive/receives] [list all sources of income]. What is [your/(proxy name)'s] main source of income? [Please consider dividends from shares, and interest as one source.] Interviewer: Show prompt card.
1. Wages or salary (including from own incorporated business) 2. Own unincorporated business or share in a partnership 3. Government pension or allowance 4. Rental investment property 5. Superannuation, an annuity or private pension 6. Dividends from shares and/or interest 7. Other 8. Nil or negative 9. Don't know	→ END

Question wording	To population
Q01 I would now like to ask you some questions about any money you get. Do you get money from: Interviewer: Read out categories, pause after each one for a 'Yes' or 'No' response. Multiple responses allowed.
1. RJCP (including CDEP)? 2. Wages or salary? 3. The Government Family Payment? 4. Any other government pension or allowance? 5. Native title payments or royalties from land? 6. Cultural activities, including Arts Centre distributions? 7. Distributions from community business organisations or trusts? 8. Any other regular source? 9. Interviewer: No/none of these	1- 8. → Q02 9. → END
Q02 How much do you receive from [source]? Interviewer: enter dollar amount. If respondent is unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate. (Allow numeric entry)
<0-999999997>	Q02 to Q04 are asked of each income reported in Q01
Q03 How often is that?
1. Weekly 2. Fortnightly 3. Every four weeks 4. Every calendar month 5. Every three months 6. Other - please specify	1-5. → END 6. → Q04
Q04 Interviewer: Insert 'other' period
(Allow text entry)	→ END